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Troubleshoot Windows with Task Manager


Task Manager is a Windows system utility that displays thetasks or processes currently running on your computer. Toopen Task Manager, press Ctrl+Alt+Del. The Applcations tablists the applications currently running on your computer.A single application may actually consist of several runningprocesses, and many programs that run in the background arenot listed (you can see icons for some of these programs inthe System Tray).

Microsoft Great Plains Upgrade ? Version 8.0 Overview for IT Director/Controller


If you have Microsoft Great Plains as main accounting and ERP system you need to know some technical details on Great Plains version upgrade and what is going on behind the scenes, which options do you have in case of Dexterity, VBA, SQL customizations, ctree/Pervasive migration to MS SQL/MSDE.  As of right now it is reasonable to upgrade to Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 Is upgrade required?  Not actually, but you have to consider these factors  ? Technical Support discontinuation - the old version may not be supported - currently if you are on version 6.0 - support is already discontinued.  You can not have Microsoft Business Solutions help you, but obviously you have MBS partners who can still help you.  If you are on Ctree or Pervasive SQL, then your support expires December, 31 2004.  ? Tax Updates/Magnetic media expiration - if you have US Payroll module and depend on it with W2 and other forms - you must stay with the version, which is supported and has tax updates.  If you are on Ctree or Pervasive SQL - then you will not have tax updates for these platforms at the end of 2004 and your W2s maybe inaccurate.  If you have a lot of employees - you may have issues with government.? Following the Technology and Microsoft rules  - Microsoft wants you to be on the newest platform and provides you the best support when you follow this rule? If you do have heavy customization - we recommend you to skip one version, for example if you are on version 7.5 - do not upgrade to 8.0 and wait for the next version What is upgrade in the language of technology?  Upgrade has server and client sides.  ? Server side - upgrade converts tables from old format to the new one.  In general words - Microsoft Business Solutions developers may change table structure, append additional fields to add new functionality, things like that.  Upgrade copies the table with changes to temporary table, then drops original table, recreates it with new structure and copies all the data from temp table to the newly created one.  ? Workstation side - workstation is written in Great Plains Dexterity and has Dynamics.exe - engine and DYNAMICS.DIC - dictionary.  These two plus all the additional files will be replaced with the new ones.  Other dictionaries, such us REPORTS.DIC and FORMS.DIC should be also upgraded and upgrade will try to deal with them automatically.  In some cases modified reports (in REPORTS.DIC) could not be upgraded and need to be recreated in the new version.  What is customization upgrade?  You should consider different types of customizations: Dexterity,  VBA/Modifier, SQL, ReportWriter, Crystal Reports? Dexterity Customization - being very short - Dexterity may have so called Custom Forms - these do not need upgrade - they should work as is.  Then Dexterity may alter existing Great Plains forms (so-called Alternate Great Plains forms) - in this case Dexterity customization should be redone for these forms/screens.  Plus additional consideration should be given to Dexterity triggers, shadow tables, etc.  ? VBA/Modifier customization - Modifier allows you to modify existing Great Plains windows - it creates so called modified Great Plains windows, stored in FORMS.DIC.  Usually modification is placing new buttons or fields, which in turn will be given VBA scripts (stored in DYNAMICS.VBA).  VBA scripts may call something nice, like Crystal Report, or have some data access logic.  Usually the old version of DYNAMICS.VBA workds with the new version.  You may need to rearrange buttons on the modified form.? SQL - you may have some stored procs for data integration, EDI or the like - if the addressed tables will be changed in the new version then you need to analyze your SQL code.  The good news is - Microsoft Business Solution doesn't make a lot of changes since version 7.0, because Microsoft is now trying to merge the products it owns: Great Plains, Solomon, Navision and Axapta - and so has different priorities? ReportWriter - MBS doesn't change tables, but it keeps changing Dexterity formulas used in ReportWriter original reports - this is the problem in so-called Modified Reports upgrade - usually you have these reports modified: SOP Blank Invoice form, SOP Blank Picking ticket, etc.   If report can not be upgraded - it should be redone in the new version with some exceptions.? Crystal Reports - the nice thing about Crystal Report - id doesn't need to be upgraded (if the fields in the tables exist in the new version - which is usually true statement)What is upgrade for third-party modules?  Your Great Plains may have so-called third party modules: Mekorma, Kampdata, Horyzon, Wennsoft, Avalara, Truepay, Trinity, Intellisol to name a fewThird party modules may have their own utility for upgrade.  You just need to know that your third-party is ready for the new Great Plains version - if not - you just wait and stay on the old version. What is migration from Ctree/Pervasive.SQL 2000 to MS SQL/MSDE?  MBS has migration tool.  You need first to install Great Plains on SQL Server with exactly the same account/segments structure and then install migration tool (it is Dexterity chunk) on your ctree/Pervasive workstation - then, when you integrate the chunk - you will map it to target SQL-based Great Plains Company, select all system and company tables, click the button and it will move all your tables one-by-one.  In the case when your Great Plains ctree/Pervasive has third parties - you need to check if the vendor has migration tool - otherwise you have to do manual move, use SQL Linked server to your legacy data Do I need consultant?  It is probably good idea to have consultant to do the upgrade.  We strongly recommend you to use consultant in the following cases? You have Dexterity customization? You are doing migration from Pervasive/Ctree to Microsoft SQL Server/MSDE, especially when you have third-parties without migration tools? You have a lot or ReportWriter Modified Great Plains Reports? You have old version of Great Plains: Dynamics or eEnterprise 6.0 or prior - in this case you can not appeal to Microsoft Technical Support - it is discontinued ? Your Great Plains has more than 20 users and you have to have upgrade done over the weekend - if it fails - you have business problems? You don't have support - in this case you have to select your Microsoft Business Solutions Partner and pay for the annual support/enhancement plan - you will get new registration key and will be ready for the upgrade  Good luck with upgrade and if you have issues or concerns ? we are here to help!  If you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

Instant Messaging is a Sweet Way to Communicate


MSN messenger is a pretty cool invention. I mean I?m not really into serious discussions on the email, answers to questions can often take a few days to arrive because people are so busy these days. I?ve just been ?hooked up? into Messenger and it?s really a different kind of communication, quick, simplistic and even humorous with the capability to express your feelings with ?emotion? cartoons.   With Messenger you can communicate with a group of close friends or business partners instantly whenever they are at their computer. When a message is received you are informed instantly on your desktop, you don?t have to be at an email site. A little box appears flashing the name of the sender, you read the message and send a reply when you?ve got a second free.   There?s a contact list and when you go on-line, it automatically tells you who of your connections are on and off-line at that moment. If someone goes on-line after you?ve already been at your computer, a small box appears on your screen to tell you who are now also instantly message able. It?s like the spontaneity of a telephone call but you don?t even have to dial any numbers! Just log in your password and you?re connected.   The huge array of smiley faces and other ?emotional? icons add another dimension to the conversations. Some of the smiley faces actually move (sticking their tongues out etc.) and there are many other symbols to express the moment. E.g.: Show a little sun when it?s sunny in your neighborhood, flash a wilted rose when your love life isn?t going to well, put up a black sheep when you?re feeling disconnected from society. How about expressing your dream of a holiday by flashing up the tropical island icon when you?re stuck in dreary office working hard on a cloudy day. They say a picture speaks a thousand words?   Well I certainly don?t work for Microsoft but I guess Bill Gates and his buddies have made a few bucks because they?ve had a couple of good ideas. They?re helping the world with their knowledge, and I reckon their MSN Messenger is another step forward in bringing the Earth together into one world. Besides the normal email format you can also have web cam and audio conversations, as well as sending files and photos instantly. It?s as sweet as that first time you kissed your honey bunny, well maybe not that sweet.

Reduce TCO: The Java Database Way


TCO (Total Cost Ownership) is the buzzword in today?s business world. This metric helps enterprise managers assess direct and indirect costs and benefits derived from their investment on IT components and services. A vital component of overall TCO is database management. All information-centric applications need databases for data storage. Also, the storage demands of small and mid-sized companies are growing rapidly, as more emphasis is given on data backup and long-term archival of data disaster recovery. Embedded databases have arrived in this scenario as a major cost-cutting tool. They help organizations in managing the growing storage requirements by providing a cost-effective and reliable solution for data backup, file storage and archiving, thereby assuring a lower cost of ownership for small to medium sized business organizations. The remainder of this article will focus on the database server that I am most familiar with (Daffodil DB) and how it helps in the reduction of TCO. Though the example has some nuances specific to Daffodil DB, I am sure that readers will be able to extrapolate the theme to better understand the role of a database in TCO reduction. Let?s begin with Development and Deployment Costs. Gone are the days when applications had to be tested extensively for all underlying platforms. Now, one can shrink the cost and time required to develop and setup solutions on multiple platforms by using a Java database. A separate deployment for different platform implementations of a large application is a major expense that an enterprise can do without. Administration Costs are a major concern for many-a-company. Logically, database administration costs are a significant component of TCO. When embedded with an application, a compact Java database can be made practically invisible to the user, since it (the database) requires no administration and runs on the same Java virtual machine (JVM) as does the application. Its simple performance tuning process helps in optimizing database performance and vastly reduces database administration costs. Now let?s move on to Compatibility Cost. Java databases, being platform independent, are compatible with all operating systems and application servers. This feature helps developers in choosing their own range of effective and economical solutions. For example, with Daffodil DB the developer can use Open Source tools like JBOSS application server for reducing overall TCO. Last, but certainly not the least, let?s get to Licensing Costs. Pardon me if I seem to evangelize Daffodil DB, but that?s one area where I can ?preach? with confidence. As Daffodil DB can be used / embedded with a wide array of applications, flexible licensing policies have been developed to accommodate the diverse needs of the development community without restricting the same to just one standard license. Each application development organization may pick the right combination of licenses that best meets its needs. The organizations may also acquire additional licenses or upgrade their licenses. Do I hear someone shout ?What about Open Source??

Microsoft Great Plains Implementation ? Overview for IT Director/Controller


What is installation in the language of technology?  Installation has server and client sides.  Server side - Installation creates security environment (logins) on MS SQL Server or MSDE, creates system database - DYNAMICS and then company databases.  All these tasks are performed by Microsoft Great Plains Utilities  Workstation side - workstation installation copies the client side application, installs current version of MDAC (we need SQL ODBC driver - please check documentation on ODBC DSN setup), registers the application.  If you plan to run Great Plains Utilities from the workstation to create server side (see above) - you need to check Install Client and Server Components What is following implementation?  Implementation requires combination of technological and accounting skills System Setup - you should refer to GP documentation.  In general setup consists of Company information, General GL/AR/AP/Payroll setup, User classes, Customer/Vendor/Employee classes to name a few Master Records - you should either use integration tools, such as Integration Manager, SQL queries or have users to type in all your GL Accounts, Customers, Vendors, Employees . Beginning Balances - this is recommended approach - you place aside the old accounting application for querying the historical data and enter beginning balances  in Great Plains GL, AR, AP, SOP, POP, Payroll.  When you have balances in the system you are ready to use it in production Historical Data conversion - this is optional, in order to do historical data conversion you need to know basic Great Plains tables structure (Setup->Tools->Resource Description->Tables Structure).  This is similar to surgery - so you probably need outside consultant to help you.  If the volume of historical data is small - you can deploy Great Plains Integration Manager and then post the records in the modules. User Training - we are just listing this item - it is up to you to decide on the way to train your users Using Two Systems in Parallel - this is recommended.  You should print the reports from both systems during this test period and compare the results Customization - typical areas of customizations: Invoice form, Crystal Reports, pulling info from multiple databases, including Great Plains database, Great Plains forms modification with Modifier/VBA, Great Plains Dexterity forms and logic customization, integration with CRM, RMS and other business systems, web publishing from Great Plains tables, EDI with your suppliers, SQL Data Transformation packages Do I need consultant?  We strongly recommend you to use consultant in the following cases You have identified the need for Great Plains Dexterity customization You are doing migration from Pervasive/Ctree to Microsoft SQL Server/MSDE, especially when you have third-parties without migration tools You are doing migration from Great Plains Accounting to Microsoft Great Plains You have to create a lot or ReportWriter Modified Great Plains Reports You have old version of Great Plains: Dynamics or eEnterprise 6.0 or prior - in this case you can not appeal to Microsoft Technical Support - it is discontinued Your Great Plains has more than 20 users in this case the mistake may lead to serious business problems You don't have support for your old Great Plains - then you have to select your Microsoft Business Solutions Partner and pay for the annual support/enhancement plan - you will get new registration key and will be ready for the upgrade Good luck with installation,  implementation, upgrade and if you have issues or concerns ? we are here to help!  If you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

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Microsoft Great Plains Integration with Microsoft Access ? Overview for Developer


 Microsoft Business Solutions stakes on Microsoft Great Plains as main Accounting/ERP application for US market.  At the same time it seems to be staking on Navision in Europe and has Axapta as high end large corporation market competitor to Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, IBM.  This article is brief review of Microsoft Great Plains integration with Microsoft Access.  This is also applicable to Small Business Manager (which is based on the same technology ? Great Plains Dexterity dictionary - DYNAMICS.DIC and runtime DYNAMICS.EXE) and Great Plains Standard on MSDE  or MS SQL Server. If you are developer who is asked: how do we implement  Great Plains integration/interface  with your MS Access-based  system ? read this and you will have the clues on where to look further. Great Plains Integration Manager - this is rather end-user tool - it is very intuitive, it validates 100% of business logic, brings in/updates master records (accounts, employees, customers, vendors. etc.) brings in transactions into work tables.  The limitation of Integration Manager - it does use GP windows behind the scenes without showing them - so it is relatively slow - you can bring 100 records - but when you are talking about thousands - it is not a good option.  By the way you can program Integration Manager with VBA.  Microsoft Access is ODBC compliant and so you can do direct Integration Manager query to MS Access eConnect ? it is type of Software Development Kit with samples in VB.Net.  Obviously the development environment should be Visual Studio.Net.  eConnect will allow you to integrate master records - such as new customers, vendors, employees, etc., plus you can bring transactions into so called Great Plains work tables (eConnect doesn't allow you to bring open or historical records - you need to post work records in Great Plains, the same limitation applies to Integration Manager above)  eConnect is rather for ongoing integration.  It was initially created for eCommerce application integration to Great Plains. SQL Stored Procedures.  Obviously you have unlimited control and possibilities with SQL queries.  You need to know Great Plains tables structure and data flow.  Launch Great Plains and go to Tools->Resource Description->Tables.  Find the table in the proper series.  If you are looking for the customers ? it should be RM00101 ? customer master file.  If you need historical Sales Order Processing documents ? they are in SOP30200 ? Sales History Header file, etc.   Do not change existing tables - do not create new fields, etc.  Also you need to realize that each GP table has DEX_ROW_ID - identity column.  Sometimes it is good idea to use inbound/outbound XML in the parameters - then you can deploy web service as a middle party between two systems. Data Transformation Services (DTS) ? Good tool for importing your third party data into staging tables in GP - then you can pull them in using either stored procs of Integration Manager.  You can also deploy this tool for EDI export/import.  You can have DTS working with Linked Server - SQL Server Construction for linking to Microsoft Access Great Plains Dexterity Custom Screens.  Sometimes users prefer to have seamlessly integrated into GP interface custom screens - for parameters settings and initiating integration.  Dexterity is a good option, however remember - it is always better to create new custom screen versus customizing existing one - due to the future upgrade issues.  Also - Dexterity is in phasing our by Microsoft Business Solutions. Modifier/VBA custom buttons on the existing screens -  alternative to Dexterity is you are comfortable with VBA and ADO. SQL Linked Servers ? you can do direct SQL queries to other ODBC compliant platform via SQL Linked Server (including Microsoft Access) - you may need to familiarize yourself with OPENROWSET command in Transact SQL.  This is also good option if you need cross-platform Crystal Report - pulling data from SQL Server and third party databases on the same report. Warning - do not place existing GP tables into Replication! - you will have upgrade issues. Happy integrating!  if you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

Microsoft Great Plains Reporting ? Overview for Developer


Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular, partly because of Microsoft muscles behind it.  Now it is targeted to the whole spectrum of horizontal and vertical market clientele.  Small companies use Small Business Manager (which is based on the same technology ? Great Plains Dexterity dictionary and runtime), Great Plains Standard on MSDE is for small to midsize clients, and then Great Plains serves the rest of the market up to big corporations.  There are several reporting tools available and you definitely need to know which one to use for different types of reports. If you are developer who is asked: how do we create report for Microsoft Great Plains ? read this and you will have the clues on where to look further. Great Plains Report Writer (ReportWriter) ? this is built-in reporting tool.  All the original report in Great Plains are written in ReportWriter.  ReportWriter itself is Dexterity module.  You should use this tool if you would like to modify existing Great Plains reports, such as Blank Invoice Form - here you can place your company logo, change the positioning, fonts, colors, etc.  ReportWriter will allow you also do new  reports - simple option  if you want to export all the records from one Great Plains table - use it.  New report, however doesn't have interface where you would enter parameters - so it is not useful for real custom reports.  Another limitation of ReportWriter - you can not do cross-modules report - when you need sales and purchasing info on the same report for example. FRx.  This is excellent tool when deal with financial reporting - it works on the General Ledger level (Balance sheet, P&L, Cash Flow Statement, etc.).  It also allows you to do multiple companies consolidation - when you do consolidated Balance Sheet (with inter-companies transactions elimination). Smart List - Export to Excel ? this is nice feature in Great Plains - you could create a list with simple criteria and then export it to Excel. Crystal Reports.  It gives you unlimited functionality.  Obviously flexibility requires you to know Great Plains table structure:  Launch Great Plains and go to Tools->Resource Description->Tables.  Find the table in the proper series.  If you are looking for the customers ? it should be RM00101 ? customer master file.  If you need historical Sales Order Processing documents ? they are in SOP30200 ? Sales History Header file, etc.  Create ODBC connection to GP Company database.  Use the same technique as when you create standard ODBC connection for GP workstation ? but change default database to targeted company database.  Create SQL Query to probe the data ? we always recommend tuning your query and see that you are getting adequate results ? in any case ? Crystal Report is just a nice tool to show the results of your query. Direct Web Publishing off Great Plains databases ? yes - it is easy now with Visual Studio.Net and you can hire good programmers.  This is good - Microsoft Business Solutions products: Great Plains, Solomon, Navision and Axapta will be integrated into so called Microsoft Business Portal - which will have web interface - you can get the idea if you look at Microsoft CRM web client - so direct web publishing is good taste. SQL Queries.  If you have SQL background - this is great field for you.  You know - with properly formatted SQL query you can realize simple EDI export/import for the integration with legacy systems. Happy designing!  if you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

Crystal Reports for Microsoft Great Plains ? Overview for Developer


Microsoft Great Plains is main accounting / ERP application from Microsoft Business Solutions, targeted to the US market.  It serves the whole of vertical and horizontal market: most of the industries and company sizes.  Crystal Reports on the other hand is the leader in the reporting software industry and Microsoft is willing to use Crystal as main reporting tool for Great Plains, Solomon, Microsoft CRM, .Net platform, etc. If you are developer who is asked: how do we extend Great Plains ReportWriter with somewhat more sophisticated ? read this and you will have the clues on where to look further. Great Plains Tables Structure ? first of all you need to know the tables to link.  Launch Great Plains and go to Tools->Resource Description->Tables.  Find the table in the proper series.  If you are looking for the customers ? it should be RM00101 ? customer master file.  If you need historical Sales Order Processing documents ? they are in SOP30200 ? Sales History Header file, etc. Create ODBC connection to GP Company database.  Use the same technique as when you create standard ODBC connection for GP workstation ? but change default database to targeted company database. Consider SQL Views ? if you don?t want complex links in Crystal Report itself or if you need unionization from several companies ? SQL view is the answer. Consider SQL Stored Procedures.  Sometimes you can not pull the data in one view ? you need temporary tables to be created and the final query should be based on these temp tables ? this is when you need stored procedure. Call Crystal Report from GP Screens via VBA/Modifier ? if the user wants to call Crystal report for example - printing Invoices in GP and do it from SOP Entry window ? you can use Modifier and VBA to call Crystal Reports engine. Create SQL Query to probe the data ? we always recommend tuning your query and see that you are getting adequate results ? in any case ? Crystal Report is just a nice tool to show the results of your query. Happy customizing, querying and designing! if you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

How to Upgrade Dexterity Customization ? Tips for IT Manager


If you have Microsoft Great Plains and support it for your company and have light or heavy Great Plains customization, written in Dexterity ? you need to know your options in upgrading Great Plains or migrating it from ctree/Pervasive to MS SQL/MSDE. Great Plains Dexterity is proprietary programming language/environment, which was created in early 1990-th to provide platform / database / graphical interface independence for Mac and Windows based Great Plains Dynamics.  Today it is legacy and Microsoft Business Solutions is phasing Dexterity out. However Great Plains 7.5 and even 8.0 is Dexterity based application, so you have to deal with it and it?s customization.   Good news.  Prior to version 7.0 Great Plains had plans on expanding GP functionality and so was changing tables structure ? forcing Dexterity customization to be analyzed and partially rewritten with each upgrade.  Not any more ? GP structure stays the same ? Microsoft is doing new modules acquisition and unifying it?s graphical interface to move all it?s ERP packages: Great Plains, Solomon, Navision and Axapta to web-based Microsoft Business Portal.   Still pain.  Dexterity has possibility to customize existing Great Plains screens, so called Alternative Great Plains forms.  This was upgrade problem in the past and it stays now ? there is no way to do it in house (until you are willing to pay for full-time internal developer ? who is usually in the learning curve).  You got to bring in consultant. Recommended approach.  You should have the strategy to migrate Dexterity customization to SQL, Crystal Reports, custom web publishing ? Visual Studio.net and slowly abandon Dexterity customization SQL Stored procedures - performance improvement.  Consider replacing dexterity data manipulation with SQL stored procedures.  Dexterity is cursor-driven language and it is not efficient when processing huge datasets. Crystal Reports.  Take advantage of open and leading technology.  Crystal Reports will eliminate the need in the future for painstaking Dexterity reports upgrade.  Base you Crystal report on the SQL view or stored proc Do direct web publishing off your GP database.  Use Visual Studio ? it is easy to find specialists and have them in staff.  We are in the World when web publishing is very easy. Good luck and if you have issues or concerns ? we are here to help! if you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

IT Department Skills to Support Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft CRM


Microsoft Great Plains as ERP and Microsoft CRM as Client Relation Management system is very robust combination and could serve midsize to large corporation as Business System.  Being VP IT or IT Director you need to foresee the positions to have in your IT department to do internal MS Great Plains and MS CRM support. Let us give you the directions, based on our research and consulting practice. Microsoft SQL Server Specialist ? we specially do not name this position as MS SQL DBA, because both Great Plains and MS CRM are not very complex from the database administration side, they do not use indexes optimization, referential integrity, probably do not require complex transaction log backup/recovery scenarios.  On the other hand this position requires Great Plains and Microsoft CRM tables structure analysis and some primary Great Plains data fixing skills via SQL queries, described in MBS Customer source techknowledge database.  The best candidate should have some accounting background - to be able to address ongoing issues to MBS technical support. Network Administrator with good Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory skills.  Microsoft CRM uses all the newest Microsoft technologies, and Exchange is a workhorse here.  In order to install and upgrade MS CRM this guy needs to understand the under-laying Microsoft technology.  In the best case - she/he should know Exchange security structure and probably program Exchange handlers, due to the fact that CRM/Exchange connector is not a perfect tool yet. C# or VB.Net programmer with excellent SQL Skills? if you are midsize or large company - you should have this position - you will need web publishing and MS CRM customization and its support.  Currently Microsoft CRM SDK has C# examples - so C# programmer would be the best fit, it may have more VB code in the future, so the C# - VB balance maybe restored. Crystal Reports Designer/Programmer - Crystal Reports is the best tool available on the market to address both Great Plains and MS CRM reporting needs.  This position maybe merged with one of the above. These people should be probably cross-trained in both Great Plains, Microsoft CRM, Crystal Reports, SQL and C# programming, so you do not depend on the unique skills of one person.  In our opinion, which is based on our long term consulting practice - these skills will allow you to keep the cost of IT support reasonably low and avoid paying high consulting price to your Microsoft Business Solutions Partner. Happy hiring and training! But in any case you need to select Microsoft Business Solutions Partner/Var/Reseller to be your official representative.  This is how MBS has its channel working - it assures that Microsoft Business Solutions products are properly implemented.  If you want us to be your Microsoft Business Solutions Partner - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

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Microsoft CRM Custom Design & Development: SDK, C#, SQL, Exchange, Integration, Crystal Reports


Microsoft CRM is new player on the CRM software market.  The whole conception behind CRM seems to be different.  In case of traditional CRM software (Siebel, Oracle) - the application was designed with platform independence in mind.  Microsoft CRM is dedicated to Microsoft technology and so deploys all the Microsoft tools: Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2000, SQL Server, Crystal Reports Enterprise, Biztalk server, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Great Plains as backend, etc. If you are software developer, database administrator or web designer who is asked: how do we customize Microsoft CRM ? we are giving you directions in this article. Microsoft CRM SDK ? this is software development kit with C# and partly VB.net code samples ? it is supported by Microsoft Business Solutions technical support.  It is based on web service calls, if you are C# .NET developer ? you are excellently positioned to do this type of customizations.  This is the preferred modification scenario and this should be easily upgradeable customization.  VB.Net examples will be available soon. Legacy SQL Data integration.  This is also easy and safe.  If you have SQL database, sitting on the same or linked SQL Server ? you can create ASPX .Net application and simply integrate it into CRM.  You can place it on the navigation bar or menu in isv.config ? please refer to MS CRM SDK Legacy ASP integration ? this is somewhat more sophisticated.  You have to deploy HTTP handler to be a middle party between CRM which is .Net based and ASP which is legacy IIS.  The trick is ? you have to have INI file with security settings to penetrate into MS CRM with proper credentials, calling web service. Microsoft Exchange Programming.  Microsoft CRM has Exchange connector ? which moves CRM incoming email to MS if it has GUID in its subject.  You can alter this logic (for instance - move email to CRM if it doesn?t have GUID but it is from the sender who is contact or account in MS CRM).  Refer to MS Exchange SDK onsyncsave event handling.  Then simply apply some MS CRM SDK programming - you need some COM+ objects creation and VB programming experience. Direct SQL touch ? in #4 above I described you the scenario with MS Exchange handlers ? this would be ideal world if MS CRM SDK does the job.  But ? in real world this is not always true ? you have to do direct flags correction in CRM database (like making Activity closed, moving email attachments/octet streams, etc).  This is not supported by MBS technical support ? but you can rescue to this technique if you have to get job done. MS CRM Customization tool ?  this is rather end-user tool and we don?t describe it here ? read the manual.  We?ve described above the options to use when this tool doesn?t do the job Crystal Reports - feel free to create Crystal report - tables and views structure is self explanatory.  Try to avoid the temptation to create your own SQL view or stored procedure in MS CRM database, instead - create custom database and place your view and stored proc in it.  Happy modifying! If you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

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Software startup plans 300 new central Iowa jobs, many of which pay above $100K  Des Moines Register

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Instagram Software Code Details New Feature Coming To Help Creators Make Bank  Hot Hardware

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Global Payments' Successful Software Makeover  Motley Fool

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Israel is sending its first spacecraft to the moon. Meet the software billionaire who made it happen - CNN
Israel is sending its first spacecraft to the moon. Meet the software billionaire who made it happen  CNN

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Software development and deployment? Yeah, we can help you with that... - The Register
Software development and deployment? Yeah, we can help you with that...  The Register

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Intuit says sales of TurboTax software are flat in early tax season update  ZDNet

Intuit says sales of its TurboTax consumer and business tax preparation software are so far flat compared to early tax filing season year ago. Overall, TurboTax ...


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CAST links arms with Software Heritage to tease out your open-source ancestry  The Register

Paris-based code botherer CAST Software said today it would buddy up with Software Heritage to tackle the sometimes tricky task of identifying the provenance ...


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Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude  The Register

Google security researchers have analyzed the impact of the data-leaking Spectre vulnerabilities afflicting today's processor cores, and concluded software ...


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Southwest Airlines temporarily grounded at BWI, nationwide due to software issues  Baltimore Sun

Southwest Airlines flights were grounded for just under an hour Friday morning due to software issues, an airline spokesman said. The delays affected ...


Qualcomm says Apple's software workarounds undermine case against US iPhone ban [u] - AppleInsider
Qualcomm says Apple's software workarounds undermine case against US iPhone ban [u]  AppleInsider

Apple's software update to get around an alleged Qualcomm patent violation undermines its case against a ban on U.S. iPhone imports, the chipmaker said in a ...


Coupa Software Incorporated (COUP): Analyzing the risks and opportunities of the stock - WestNewsNow
Coupa Software Incorporated (COUP): Analyzing the risks and opportunities of the stock  WestNewsNow

[NASDAQ: COUP]: On February 21st, 2019, Coupa Software Incorporated (NASDAQ:COUP) opened trading at $93.43 and closed at $92.28 a share. This is a ...


Facial Recognition Software Regularly Misgenders Trans People - Motherboard
Facial Recognition Software Regularly Misgenders Trans People  Motherboard

Human computer interfaces are almost never built with transgender people in mind, and continue to reinforce existing biases.


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10 Easy 3D Modeling Software Tools for Beginners (All Are Free)  All 3DP

To achieve good results using 3D modeling software, it takes a lot of practice and skills. We've created a list of easy software that will help you start modeling in ...


Software giant Micro Focus is sued by investors over its £6.5bn botched merger with Hewlett Packard - Daily Mail
Software giant Micro Focus is sued by investors over its £6.5bn botched merger with Hewlett Packard  Daily Mail

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Upland Software Inc (UPLD) Holdings Trimmed by WINTON GROUP Ltd - Fairfield Current
Upland Software Inc (UPLD) Holdings Trimmed by WINTON GROUP Ltd  Fairfield Current

WINTON GROUP Ltd trimmed its position in Upland Software Inc (NASDAQ:UPLD) by 47.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the ...


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Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile - Relativity  Built In Chicago

Relativity is hiring for a Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile in Chicago. Find more details about the job and how to apply at Built In Chicago.


Caisse set to book huge gain if IPO of Montreal software firm Lightspeed flies - The Globe and Mail
Caisse set to book huge gain if IPO of Montreal software firm Lightspeed flies  The Globe and Mail

Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO of Lightspeed, poses for a photograph at the company offices in Montreal, Que., on Nov. 9, 2018. Dario Ayala/The Globe and Mail.


Splunk does a bunk from Russia: No software and services for you, Putin! - The Register
Splunk does a bunk from Russia: No software and services for you, Putin!  The Register

Big data analytics outfit Splunk will no longer be big in Russia after the company confirmed plans to stop selling its wares there. Reflecting what Splunk referred ...


Software Startup Portfolium Acquired by Salt Lake City's Instructure - Xconomy
Software Startup Portfolium Acquired by Salt Lake City's Instructure  Xconomy

The software of Portfolium, a San Diego startup that hosts online portfolios for students trying to showcase their achievements to potential employers, is.


PayPal Processes Payments for ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners - Motherboard
PayPal Processes Payments for ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners  Motherboard

This story is part of When Spies Come Home, a Motherboard series about powerful surveillance software ordinary people use to spy on their loved ones.


Amber Road (AMBR) vs. Cyberark Software (CYBR) Head-To-Head Contrast - Fairfield Current
Amber Road (AMBR) vs. Cyberark Software (CYBR) Head-To-Head Contrast  Fairfield Current

Amber Road (NYSE:AMBR) and Cyberark Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will ...


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These are the 5 best Amazon deals you can get this weekend  USA TODAY

Don't miss a chance to save money on things you'll love.


Three years on, Vivo still can't get its software act together - Android Central
Three years on, Vivo still can't get its software act together  Android Central

Vivo isn't a name that is immediately familiar to many in the West, but the Chinese manufacturer has a considerable presence in Asia. Over the last three years, ...


Tableau Software Inc. (DATA) and Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR) Comparison side by side - The Hi New Ulm
Tableau Software Inc. (DATA) and Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR) Comparison side by side  The Hi New Ulm

Both Tableau Software Inc. (NYSE:DATA) and Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR) are each other's competitor in the Application Software industry ...


Software services firm Attunity to go private in $560 million deal - Reuters
Software services firm Attunity to go private in $560 million deal  Reuters

(Reuters) - Software services provider Attunity Ltd said on Thursday it would be acquired by U.S. data analytics firm Qlik for about $560 million in an all-cash ...


Reviewing Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (MGIC)'s and BSQUARE Corporation (NASDAQ:BSQR)'s results - The Hi New Ulm
Reviewing Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (MGIC)'s and BSQUARE Corporation (NASDAQ:BSQR)'s results  The Hi New Ulm

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RIL arm to invest ₹550 cr in 3 early stage software cos - BusinessLine
RIL arm to invest ₹550 cr in 3 early stage software cos  BusinessLine

RIIHL will make investments in Surajya Services Pvt Ltd, SankhyaSutra Labs Pvt Ltd and Reverie Language Technologies Pvt Ltd.


Bose launches array software - Worship AVL
Bose launches array software  Worship AVL

Bose has launched a software application for sound systems design: Bose Array Tool. Its workflow has been designed with intuition in mind, so...


Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO): Analyzing the risks and opportunities of the stock - WestNewsNow
Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO): Analyzing the risks and opportunities of the stock  WestNewsNow

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Southwest Suspended Operations Friday Morning To Check Software, Creates Delays For Passengers Out Of BWI - CBS Baltimore
Southwest Suspended Operations Friday Morning To Check Software, Creates Delays For Passengers Out Of BWI  CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A computer outage grounded Southwest flights across the country and at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport for about 50 minutes early Friday ...


Sewerage & Water Board relies on dated billing software: consultant - NOLA.com
Sewerage & Water Board relies on dated billing software: consultant  NOLA.com

The Sewerage & Water Board's customer billing system lags nine upgrades behind the latest software version, one of a host of technical hindrances an outside ...


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Software Programmer (.NET)  IT-Online

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Eaton Vance Management Has $17.50 Million Holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) - Fairfield Current
Eaton Vance Management Has $17.50 Million Holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP)  Fairfield Current

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Paycom Software Inc (PAYC) Holdings Lifted by First Trust Advisors LP - Fairfield Current
Paycom Software Inc (PAYC) Holdings Lifted by First Trust Advisors LP  Fairfield Current

First Trust Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Paycom Software Inc (NYSE:PAYC) by 114.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F ...


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Study: The 4 software development trends that will dominate 2019  TechRepublic

The software development landscape is changing, but developers are using four key methods to handle it, according to an Atlassian survey.


Do your taxes for cheap! H&R Block Tax Software Deluxe is on sale for just $18 - PCWorld
Do your taxes for cheap! H&R Block Tax Software Deluxe is on sale for just $18  PCWorld

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Reviewing American Software Inc. (AMSWA)'s and One Horizon Group Inc. (NASDAQ:OHGI)'s results - The Hi New Ulm
Reviewing American Software Inc. (AMSWA)'s and One Horizon Group Inc. (NASDAQ:OHGI)'s results  The Hi New Ulm

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Software company riteSOFT is moving its offices to St. Cloud  St. Cloud Times

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Constellation Software Inc. (CSU) Receives Average Rating of “Buy†from Analysts  Fairfield Current

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GM Cruise, Uber open up AV visualization software  Smart Cities Dive

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Software (ETR:SOW) Given a €35.00 Price Target at Goldman Sachs Group  Fairfield Current

Goldman Sachs Group set a €35.00 ($40.70) price target on Software (ETR:SOW) in a research note issued to investors on Monday, January 28th.


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CAST Software creates index for Software Heritage open-source repository  SDTimes.com

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'Loan waiver software ensures money only to farmers'  Deccan Herald

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Software Epigenetics and Architectures of Life - e-flux Architecture  E-Flux

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Software And Services In Focus As Motorola Solutions Reports Q4 Results  Forbes

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Cyberark Software (CYBR) Hits New 1-Year High at $106.11  Fairfield Current

Cyberark Software Ltd (NASDAQ:CYBR) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $106.11 and last traded ...


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Apple releases software updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs to fix Group FaceTime bug  USA TODAY

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US firm wants to make you a data expert with ‘dramatically’ simple software  South China Morning Post

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Who will stand up for European democracy? Us! says US software giant Microsoft  The Register

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Chinese software company Powerbridge to offer 2.2 million shares in IPO priced at $4.50 to $5.50 a pop  MarketWatch

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Home Healthcare Software and Services Market 2019 Precise Outlook - Agfa Healthcare, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Athenahealth, Inc., Cerner Corporation - Press Release  Digital Journal

Agfa Healthcare, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Athenahealth, Inc., Cerner Corporation, Carestream Health, Epic, GE Healthcare, McKesson Corporation, ...


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Parkland school turns to experimental surveillance software that can flag students as threats  Washington Post

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Portals Software Market 2019 Precise Outlook - Bitrix24, Confluence, Boardable, Samepage, Yammer - Press Release  Digital Journal

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Quant Signal & Rank Update For Tableau Software, Inc. (NYSE:DATA) as ROA Hits -0.055077  Felton News

Taking a look at some key metrics and ratios for Tableau Software, Inc. (NYSE:DATA), we note that the ROA or Return on Assets stands at -0.055077. Return.


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Oracle sued for $4.5m after ERP system delivery date 'moved from 2015 to 2016, then 2017, then... er, never'  The Register

Software giant Oracle was sued on Wednesday by Worth & Company, a Pennsylvania-based mechanical contractor, over a failed enterprise resource planning ...


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The next wave of ‘unicorn’ startups focus on software  The Seattle Times

SAN FRANCISCO — Technology startups worth $1 billion, once as rare as unicorns, are now plentiful enough and old enough that there is a new generation ...


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The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?  Motherboard

A look at the complicated business of funding open source software development.


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Difference Between System Software and Application Software  Technotification

Computer software can be divided into two distinct categories. These are system software and application software. What do they mean and what's the difference ...


Amazon facial-identification software used by police falls short on tests for accuracy and bias, new research finds - Washington Post
Amazon facial-identification software used by police falls short on tests for accuracy and bias, new research finds  Washington Post

Facial-recognition software developed by Amazon and marketed to local and federal law enforcement as a powerful crime-fighting tool struggles to pass basic ...


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What's the best VST/AU plugin software synth in the world today?  MusicRadar

Due to circumstances entirely within our control, our annual vote to find the best VST/AU synth plugin in the world didn't happen last year, but if you thought ...


Software Engineer Loses Life Savings in Quadriga Imbroglio - Bloomberg
Software Engineer Loses Life Savings in Quadriga Imbroglio  Bloomberg

Tong Zou wasn't a stereotypical crypto bro bent on accumulating flashy trophies such as Lamborghinis when he deposited his life savings into Quadriga CX's ...


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The New PCI Software Security Framework -- What You Need To Know Now  Forbes

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council just launched the PCI Software Security Framework targeting application security. After over a year of ...


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Pivotal Software (PVTL) SVP Edward Hieatt Sells 44,791 Shares  Fairfield Current

Pivotal Software (NASDAQ:PVTL) SVP Edward Hieatt sold 44791 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 14th. The stock was sold at an ...


Google researchers say software alone can't mitigate Spectre chip flaws - Siliconrepublic.com
Google researchers say software alone can't mitigate Spectre chip flaws  Siliconrepublic.com

A group of researchers have concluded that the Spectre group of bugs may be more difficult to mitigate than previously thought.


One Investment Firm Found a Silver Lining in the Mortgage Industry: Software - The New York Times
One Investment Firm Found a Silver Lining in the Mortgage Industry: Software  The New York Times

A mortgage-processing software company called Ellie Mae will sell itself to Thoma Bravo for $3.7 billion — an impressive feat in a strained industry.


Sony Pictures Has Open-Sourced Software Used to Make ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ - Variety
Sony Pictures Has Open-Sourced Software Used to Make ‘Into the Spider-Verse’  Variety

Sony Pictures Imageworks has contributed a software tool used to create movies like “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,†“Hotel Transylvania 3,†“Alice in ...


Cisco warns on HyperFlex security vulnerabilities - Network World
Cisco warns on HyperFlex security vulnerabilities  Network World

Weaknesses in Cisco's HyperFlex hyperconverged data-center gear could allow command-injection exploits.


Fortnite: Police interview Aussie kids who got hacking software from online games - Daily Telegraph
Fortnite: Police interview Aussie kids who got hacking software from online games  Daily Telegraph

Online gamers as young as 10 are seeking revenge on their opponents by crippling their computers with sophisticated malware capable of penetrating ...


California startup paves the way for autonomous driving software - Tech News - The Star Online
California startup paves the way for autonomous driving software - Tech News  The Star Online

Autonomous driving is all anyone can talk about nowadays. The California-based startup Artisense has a new approach to creating maps for driverless vehicles ...


RISC-V Climbs Software Mountain - EE Times
RISC-V Climbs Software Mountain  EE Times

The open-source architecture faces a long road through software standards from its beachhead as an SoC controller to use as a host processor.


Sony Makes Into the Spider-Verse Software Free and Open Source - CBR
Sony Makes Into the Spider-Verse Software Free and Open Source  CBR

Sony has released one of the programs that was used to make Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as open source software.


Box: A Play On Enterprise Software - Seeking Alpha
Box: A Play On Enterprise Software  Seeking Alpha

Box's shares have come off recent highs and offer an entry point for new investors. The company has a growing stream of recurring revenue and retains many ...


Ultimate Software Sells for $11 Billion - Workforce Management
Ultimate Software Sells for $11 Billion  Workforce Management

In one of the biggest deals in recent HR technology history, Ultimate Software agreed to be acquired by a private equity group for $11 billion. The move will allow ...





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It is now common thing when large corporation selects mid-market ERP or so-called standard functionality MRP solution as its corporate accounting system. Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very good candidate. As all MBS ERPs it has MS SQL Server 2000/2005 database platform and allows you to deploy customizable and altered solution, serving large corporation HR department. If you use US / Canadian Payroll module as paycheck solution for internal employees ? you probably don't need custom logic. In this small article we'll show you the way of tailored integrated solution for nation-wide placement agency.
Ukraine: a Prospective Player on the World Software Outsourcing Market
The destruction of the Soviet Union about 15 years ago, made a huge country with a great level of IT science divided into small bricks. Nowadays, despite Russia's expansion into the world software development market, Ukraine keeps playing an important role here too. There are several prerequisites for this.
Corporate ERP: Standard vs. Rich functionality ? Microsoft Great Plains
Traditionally we were considering functionally rich systems, such as SAP, Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards as the fit for large publicly traded corporation. There might be multiple opinions for the future corporate ERP/MRP systems. We would like to give you our prognosis: high-end systems will be losing market to generic granulated standard functionality systems. Customization will be in high demand ? but it will be appropriate to go for light of medium customization versus purchasing high-end functionality system. It is not a secret, that nowadays multiple companies from Fortune 500 list use midmarket solution, such as Microsoft Great Plains as their corporate ERP. In this small article we'll try to defend our position and give you highlights on deploying Microsoft Great Plains for large corporation.
Five Steps to Rapid Development with TierDeveloper 4.0
Follow the steps below to quickly design, generate, and deploy a great portion of your real-life N-Tier application.
Microsoft Update - 5 Reasons to Update Service Pack 2
Microsoft released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the Windows XP operating system back in August (2004), representing significant improvements in many areas, especially system security. For those people that are still unsure whether they should update to it, the following five reasons may help make the decision easier.
OLAP, An Alternative Technology Over Spreadsheets
Are Spreadsheets Robbing your Enterprise of Competitive Advantage?
Builders Beware
Which Type of Shop Can Rely On A Home Built System?
What To Do When Windows Wont Boot
When Windows fails to boot it is normally caused by you installing a program or device and it has caused a conflict with one or more other programs.
Spyware Statistics -- Whats New in May 2005?
Although statistics often is blamed for various deadly sins -- from being biased to being inaccurate -- there is nothing left to those who are anyhow connected with IT but to keep up with fresh data. Since spyware is literally ubiquitous, nobody who owns or uses a PC can say that it is none of his business. So general public also has to keep an eye on the news about spyware.
Microsoft CRM ? Consulting in the Post-Recession Time
New post-recession era has new features, which didn't exist in late 1990th during high-tech boom. This will be in our opinion on new directions for Microsoft Business Solutions products consulting, including Microsoft CRM. New features:

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